Hashirama nodded at Torikaze, then turned to the crowd. "The village will be carrying out a very important plan in the coming days."
Hearing Hashirama say this, everyone grew curious, wondering whether it had something to do with last night's unrest.
Hashirama did not beat around the bush and stated it directly. "For a period of time in the future, the village will be capturing Tailed Beasts."
The announcement left everyone stunned. They had thought it was related to last night's events, but they had not expected it to be about capturing Tailed Beasts.
According to the records in the books, Tailed Beasts were incredibly powerful. There were nine of them, each with different abilities, and even if they were killed, they would revive after some time.
Lord Hashirama was actually going to capture such things?
"Hiruzen, Danzo, Torifu Akimichi, next week you will follow Sarutobi Sasuke to capture the Eight-Tails."
"Kagami, Koharu, and En will follow Uchiha Teruya to capture the Seven-Tails."
Hiruzen and the others accepted the order without hesitation. Just from the ninja leading the teams, they could tell how important this mission was.
Sasuke and Teruya were both clan heads, with immense strength and prestige. Ninja of their caliber were being sent to carry out the capture mission.
It was clear how seriously Lord Hokage took this matter.
"Torikaze..."
When it came to Torikaze, Hashirama truly did not know whether he should assign him a mission.
In terms of strength, Torikaze was undoubtedly a powerful ninja, but sending a seven-year-old child to capture a Tailed Beast...
Hashirama simply could not get past that psychological hurdle. Or perhaps he feared that if something went wrong, he would be unable to answer to the Ancestor of the Clouds from yesterday.
After all, the man had given Konoha a